UPDATE: Teen on firearm charges after New Orleans shooting incident

An 18-year-old has been arrested and charged after a shooting in New Orleans which left one woman nursing a gunshot wound.

Police have arrested and charged Mahindra Alexander Thomas of Deacons, St. Michael with the following charges:

(1) unlawful use of a firearm

(2) use of a firearm without a license

(3) 3 three separate counts of criminal damage

He is expected to appear in the District A Magistrate court today, Saturday September 29, 2018.

The offences reportedly occurred between September 23 and 24, 2018 at New Orleans, St. Michael.

Investigators are continuing into this matter. Anyone who can provide any information that can assist with these investigators is being asked to call the police Major Crime Department at 430-7193 or police emergency at 211 or CrimeShoppers at 1-800-8477 or the nearest police station.

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